News and reviews from across the worldwide Triratna Buddhist Community (formerly known as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) and Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha Sahayaka Gana (TBMSG) in India)

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Mahamati, International Order Convenor and organiser of the Order Convention at Bodh Gaya, sends us this update –

“Hello all, a brief note from Bodh Gaya where the Convention is going exceptionally well. We have nearly 350 Indian Order Members here and 160 Order Members from outside India – in fact it could be slightly more as we have not yet got the final figures from the registration of the Indian Order Members.

The interview with Bhante went down very well – and as some of you will have heard if you have watched the video, at the end of the interview he gives the new name for the land

It is "The Three Jewels Centre". Amazingly, the name is already up on the signboard, with our big Three Jewels order emblem as instructed by Bhante!

We are all doing refuge tree practice beneath the Bodhi Tree each morning, and puja beneath the Tree each evening.

In fact here is the programme below...

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION PROGRAMME

Daily events:Refuge Tree practice in front of the Bodhi Tree.Evening Puja in front of the Bodhi Tree.

Tuesday 24th February“Seven events after the Enlightenment”: Talk by SudarshanTBMSG Day: Book launches: Vimalasara’s Hindi edition of “Broken Voices”; Prajnajit’s book of Marathi poetryScreening of Interview with Bhante: “The Legacy of Sangharakshita”.

Wednesday 25th February:“The Significance of Bodhgaya”: Talk by NissokaDedication of land with new name given by Bhante.

Thursday 26th FebruaryWomen’s Day and Men’s Day:separate programmes

Friday 27th FebruaryCelebrating 30 years of TBMSG: “30 Years On”: Talk by Lokamitra“Panorama of memories: 30 Years of TBM”: Symposium of talks chaired by Bodhisen

Saturday 28th FebThe Unity of the Order - Talks by Parami and Silavati:.Tabla recital by Mukesh Jardo with accompaniment on our land.

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Triratna Buddhist Community

The Triratna Buddhist Community - formerly known as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) - was founded in 1967 by Sangharakshita. It is now an international movement with activities in more than 20 countries, including India. The Triratna Buddhist Community is a non-sectarian Buddhist movement which seeks promote the practice of Buddhism in a form appropriate to the modern world.

Triratna means "Three Jewels", specifically the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, which are the central foci of a Buddhist's life and practice. They've long been represented in our logo and we're delighted that our name will now reflect them as well.